[tip:timers/core] timers: Sanitize catchup_timer_jiffies() usage

From: tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
Date: Fri Jun 19 2015 - 09:24:07 EST


Commit-ID: 3bb475a3446facd0425d3f2fe7e85bf03c5c6c05
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/3bb475a3446facd0425d3f2fe7e85bf03c5c6c05
Author: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue, 26 May 2015 22:50:24 +0000
Committer: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Fri, 19 Jun 2015 15:18:27 +0200

timers: Sanitize catchup_timer_jiffies() usage

catchup_timer_jiffies() has been applied blindly to several functions
without looking for possible better ways to do it.

1) internal_add_timer()

Move the update to base->all_timers before we actually insert the
timer into the wheel.

2) detach_if_pending()

Again the update to base->all_timers allows us to explicitely do
the timer_jiffies update in place, if this was the last timer which
got removed.

3) __run_timers()

We only check on entry, which is silly, because base->timer_jiffies
can be behind - especially on NOHZ kernels - and if there is a
single deferrable timer somewhere between base->timer_jiffies and
jiffies we expire it and then loop until base->timer_jiffies ==
jiffies.

Move it into the loop.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Joonwoo Park <joonwoop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Wenbo Wang <wenbo.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150526224511.662994644@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/time/timer.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++------------------------
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c
index 7775d45..d5e0179 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer.c
@@ -351,20 +351,6 @@ void set_timer_slack(struct timer_list *timer, int slack_hz)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(set_timer_slack);

-/*
- * If the list is empty, catch up ->timer_jiffies to the current time.
- * The caller must hold the tvec_base lock. Returns true if the list
- * was empty and therefore ->timer_jiffies was updated.
- */
-static bool catchup_timer_jiffies(struct tvec_base *base)
-{
- if (!base->all_timers) {
- base->timer_jiffies = jiffies;
- return true;
- }
- return false;
-}
-
static void
__internal_add_timer(struct tvec_base *base, struct timer_list *timer)
{
@@ -411,7 +397,10 @@ __internal_add_timer(struct tvec_base *base, struct timer_list *timer)

static void internal_add_timer(struct tvec_base *base, struct timer_list *timer)
{
- (void)catchup_timer_jiffies(base);
+ /* Advance base->jiffies, if the base is empty */
+ if (!base->all_timers++)
+ base->timer_jiffies = jiffies;
+
__internal_add_timer(base, timer);
/*
* Update base->active_timers and base->next_timer
@@ -421,7 +410,6 @@ static void internal_add_timer(struct tvec_base *base, struct timer_list *timer)
time_before(timer->expires, base->next_timer))
base->next_timer = timer->expires;
}
- base->all_timers++;

/*
* Check whether the other CPU is in dynticks mode and needs
@@ -718,7 +706,6 @@ detach_expired_timer(struct timer_list *timer, struct tvec_base *base)
if (!tbase_get_deferrable(timer->base))
base->active_timers--;
base->all_timers--;
- (void)catchup_timer_jiffies(base);
}

static int detach_if_pending(struct timer_list *timer, struct tvec_base *base,
@@ -733,8 +720,9 @@ static int detach_if_pending(struct timer_list *timer, struct tvec_base *base,
if (timer->expires == base->next_timer)
base->next_timer = base->timer_jiffies;
}
- base->all_timers--;
- (void)catchup_timer_jiffies(base);
+ /* If this was the last timer, advance base->jiffies */
+ if (!--base->all_timers)
+ base->timer_jiffies = jiffies;
return 1;
}

@@ -1184,14 +1172,18 @@ static inline void __run_timers(struct tvec_base *base)
struct timer_list *timer;

spin_lock_irq(&base->lock);
- if (catchup_timer_jiffies(base)) {
- spin_unlock_irq(&base->lock);
- return;
- }
+
while (time_after_eq(jiffies, base->timer_jiffies)) {
struct list_head work_list;
struct list_head *head = &work_list;
- int index = base->timer_jiffies & TVR_MASK;
+ int index;
+
+ if (!base->all_timers) {
+ base->timer_jiffies = jiffies;
+ break;
+ }
+
+ index = base->timer_jiffies & TVR_MASK;

/*
* Cascade timers:
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